Year: 2013 | Month: June | volume 58 | Issue 2
A Value Chain Analysis of Vegetables: A Case Study of Palpa District, Nepal
Abstract: <div>Vegetable is major source of vitamins and minerals, but the level of consumption is very low due to low production and market imperfection. Present study was an attempt to analyse the value chain of vegetables in Palpa district of Nepal. Primary data were collected from 75 vegetables growers, 17 input suppliers, 38 vegetable traders, 30 consumers of Palpa district. Seven different vegetable marketing channels were found in the district. Out of these channels, channel-VI for tomato, channel-III for green chilli and channel- VII for cauliflower were found best channels of marketing. Marketing planning committee (MPC) in local level and apex body in district level used to facilitate for linking the retailers and farmers with getting nominal weighing charge. They used to facilitate for balancing the value shared and margin added in the vegetable products. It can be predicted that, marketing</div><div>channels associated with such actors may develop more sustainable and commercially viable value chain in the vegetable marketing in the Palpa district. Constraints can be managed through the improvement of production technology, management of marketing system, extension of linkage and</div><div>network between service receiver and providers. There are some opportunities for the improvement of the marketing system which can be trapped by the policy maker or planner to develop the program strategy related to vegetable. Some recommendations are made at the end of the conclusion viz. provision of linking the local agro vets to the reliable companies to ensure quality input supply in the district; improvement in production and marketing that may increase farmers’ share, lower</div><div>production and marketing cost, improve quality; Provision of empowerment training to MPCs and leader farmers focused on advocacy and negotiation with supporting organization, basically government agencies, multiplication and capacity enhancement of local marketing bodies like different marketing</div><div>committees which have great role to increase the marketing efficiency etc.</div>
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